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Ask for help > How do you read this date? 25th December 337?
How do you read this date? 25th December 337?
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Yolandaprieto
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How do you read this date? 25th December 337?
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I know I should know how to read all dates, but now I can �t remember how to read the year when it �s got only three numbers.
Thanks in advance
Yolanda |
13 Jan 2011
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isa2
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Hi
You say: the twenty fifth of December three hundred and thirty seven.
Best regards
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13 Jan 2011
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almaz
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I take it that it �s three three seven AD (or CE), but what �s so special about this particular date, Yolanda? |
13 Jan 2011
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Apodo
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I would say:
Three thirty-seven [AD, CE or BC] - this is my choice- it �s the shortest.
or Three hundred and thirty-seven.
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13 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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�three three seven � or �three thirty-seven � BC,BCE,AD,CE  might be short but IMHO it isn �t very clear. Most people do expect a 4 digit year so in order to avoid people thinking they must have missed something, I would go with Isa2 and say �three hundred (and) thirty-seven. � just for emphasis.
Almaz: It probably has something to do with the first Christmas since it was around that time Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman empire... Historians shoot me, that �s what I remember from different tours and explanations... and that would make it 337 AD then I suppose  |
14 Jan 2011
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douglas
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I �m with Apodo on this one |
14 Jan 2011
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